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Meet Joe Black
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Meet Joe Black (1998) -- Sinematurk - Trailer (Flash)
Meet Joe Black (1998) -- Joe learns about the phrase "Death and Taxes".
Meet Joe Black (1998) -- The Parish family ask their father the name of the unexpected guest.

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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   50,626 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Ron Osborn (screenplay) &
Jeff Reno (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
13 November 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
He's Expecting You. more
Plot:
A media mogul acts as a guide to Death, who takes the form of a young man to learn about life on Earth and in the process, fall in love with his guide's daughter. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Purely Captivating! more (634 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Brad Pitt ... Joe Black / Young Man in Coffee Shop

Anthony Hopkins ... William Parrish

Claire Forlani ... Susan Parrish

Jake Weber ... Drew

Marcia Gay Harden ... Allison

Jeffrey Tambor ... Quince
David S. Howard ... Eddie Sloane
Lois Kelly-Miller ... Jamaican Woman
Jahnni St. John ... Jamaican Woman's Daughter
Richard Clarke ... Butler
Marylouise Burke ... Lillian
Diane Kagan ... Jennifer
June Squibb ... Helen
Gene Canfield ... Construction Foreman

Suzanne Hevner ... Florist
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for an accident scene, some sexuality and brief strong language.
Runtime:
178 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The trailer borrows music from the score of Apollo 13 (1995). more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the coffee shop, Claire pours cream into her coffee three times, and puts sugar in twice. more
Quotes:
Joe Black: Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but milleniums in a place with no doors. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Tracey Fragments (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Let's Face The Music And Dance more

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87 out of 105 people found the following comment useful.
Purely Captivating!, 21 November 2004
10/10
Author: James Emery from Bristol, England

I first saw this film many years after its first release and let me tell you I have never since or will I ever see such a moving and purely captivating movie.

Anthony Hopkins is already my idol and I have admired him for many years. There's something about the unique persona he brings upon any character he plays in a movie, as if he leaves part of himself behind on the film reel each time. From psychological thrillers like The Silence of the Lambs to emotional dramas, he also strikes me as a modest man and is, in my eyes a true genius!

Meet Joe Black is a strange tale that challenges our preconceptions of death. You come out of the film not so much enlightened but convinced that Bill Parrish is happy with the fate that comes upon him and that everyone else is too. It's immensely sad yet happy at the same time and thought-provoking. It is also a very long movie, which I believe strengthens it as you feel you have a bond with the main characters having known them for a long time and thus share the highs and the lows emotionally throughout the plot.

Providing you can stick to the 3hour film length it will truly be one of the most memorable films you'll ever watch. Excellent!

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